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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on October 12, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 October 2016374,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
374,464 km232,681 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 9, 201604:33
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 16, 201604:23

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 30, 2016, a cycle of 29.73 days.